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Multifunctionality of a low-specificity L-threonine aldolase from the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima. 来自嗜热菌 Thermotoga maritima 的低特异性 L-苏氨酸醛缩酶的多功能性。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01357-z

Tetsuya Miyamoto, Fugo Kobayashi, Konan Emori, Kumiko Sakai-Kato

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Diversity of lichen mycobionts and photobionts and their relationships in the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic). Ny-Ålesund 地区（斯瓦尔巴群岛，高纬度北极地区）地衣霉菌和光菌的多样性及其关系。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01355-1

Xiufei Chen, Jianju Feng, Liyan Yu, Tao Zhang

{"title":"Diversity of lichen mycobionts and photobionts and their relationships in the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic).","authors":"Xiufei Chen, Jianju Feng, Liyan Yu, Tao Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01355-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01355-1","url":null,"abstract":"Lichens are dual organisms, with one major mycobiont and one major photobiont in each lichen symbiosis, which can survive extreme environmental conditions in the Arctic. However, the diversity and distribution of lichen photobionts in the Arctic remain poorly understood compared to their mycobiont partners. This study explored the diversity of lichen mycobionts and photobionts in 197 lichen samples collected from the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic). The nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions were sequenced and phylogenetic analyses were performed. The relationships between mycobionts and photobionts, as well as the association patterns, were also investigated. A total of 48 species of lichen mycobionts (16 families, nine orders) and 31 species/lineages of photobionts were identified. These 31 photobiont species belonged to one class (Trebouxiophyceae) and five genera, including 22 species of Trebouxia, five species of Asterochloris, two species of Chloroidium, one species of Symbiochloris, and one species of Coccomyxa. The results indicated that most analyzed lichen mycobionts could associate with multiple photobiont species, and the photobionts also exhibited a similar pattern. The results provided an important reference dataset for characterizing the diversity of lichen mycobionts and photobionts in the High Arctic region.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"40"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142046551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Genomic signatures of cold adaptation in the family Colwelliaceae. 高良姜科植物适应寒冷的基因组特征。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01356-0

Anais Gentilhomme, Charles Sweet, Gwenn M M Hennon, R Eric Collins

{"title":"Genomic signatures of cold adaptation in the family Colwelliaceae.","authors":"Anais Gentilhomme, Charles Sweet, Gwenn M M Hennon, R Eric Collins","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01356-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01356-0","url":null,"abstract":"Psychrophily is a phenotype describing microbial growth at low temperatures; elucidating the biomolecular and genomic adaptations necessary for survival in the cold is important for understanding life in extreme environments on Earth and in outer space. We used comparative genomics and temperature growth experiments of bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae to identify genomic factors correlated with optimal growth temperature (OGT). A phylogenomic analysis of 67 public and 39 newly sequenced strains revealed three main clades of Colwelliaceae. Temperature growth experiments revealed significant differences in mean OGT by clade, wherein strains of Colwelliaceae had similar growth rates at -1 °C but varied in their ability to tolerate 17 °C. Using amino acid compositional indices, a multiple linear regression model was constructed to predict the OGT of these organisms (RMSE 5.2 °C). Investigation of Colwelliaceae functional genes revealed a putative cold-adaptive gene cassette that was present in psychrophilic strains but absent in a closely related strain with a significantly higher OGT. This study also presents genomic evidence suggesting that the clade of Colwelliaceae containing Colwellia hornerae should be investigated as a new genus. These contributions offer key insights into the psychrophily phenotype and its underlying genomic foundation in the family Colwelliaceae.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"39"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Tet-on system for controllable gene expression in the rock-inhabiting black fungus Knufia petricola. 岩石栖息黑真菌 Knufia petricola 中可控基因表达的 Tet-on 系统。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-08-06 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01354-2

Eileen A Erdmann, Antonia K M Brandhorst, Anna A Gorbushina, Julia Schumacher

{"title":"The Tet-on system for controllable gene expression in the rock-inhabiting black fungus Knufia petricola.","authors":"Eileen A Erdmann, Antonia K M Brandhorst, Anna A Gorbushina, Julia Schumacher","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01354-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01354-2","url":null,"abstract":"Knufia petricola is a black fungus that colonizes sun-exposed surfaces as extreme and oligotrophic environments. As ecologically important heterotrophs and biofilm-formers on human-made surfaces, black fungi form one of the most resistant groups of biodeteriorating organisms. Due to its moderate growth rate in axenic culture and available protocols for its transformation and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing, K. petricola is used for studying the morpho-physiological adaptations shared by extremophilic and extremotolerant black fungi. In this study, the bacteria-derived tetracycline (TET)-dependent promoter (Tet-on) system was implemented to enable controllable gene expression in K. petricola. The functionality i.e., the dose-dependent inducibility of TET-regulated constructs was investigated by using GFP fluorescence, pigment synthesis (melanin and carotenoids) and restored uracil prototrophy as reporters. The newly generated cloning vectors containing the Tet-on construct, and the validated sites in the K. petricola genome for color-selectable or neutral insertion of expression constructs complete the reverse genetics toolbox. One or multiple genes can be expressed on demand from different genomic loci or from a single construct by using 2A self-cleaving peptides, e.g., for localizing proteins and protein complexes in the K. petricola cell or for using K. petricola as host for the expression of heterologous genes.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11303440/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparative analysis of cyanobacterial communities in gypsum outcrops: insights from sites in Israel and Poland. 石膏露头蓝藻群落的比较分析：以色列和波兰遗址的启示。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01352-4

Kateřina Němečková, Jan Mareš, Filip Košek, Adam Culka, Jan Dudák, Veronika Tymlová, Jan Žemlička, Jan Jehlička

{"title":"Comparative analysis of cyanobacterial communities in gypsum outcrops: insights from sites in Israel and Poland.","authors":"Kateřina Němečková, Jan Mareš, Filip Košek, Adam Culka, Jan Dudák, Veronika Tymlová, Jan Žemlička, Jan Jehlička","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01352-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01352-4","url":null,"abstract":"Today, the biodiversity of endolithic microbial colonisations are only partly understood. In this study, we used a combination of molecular community metabarcoding using the 16S rRNA gene, light microscopy, CT-scan analysis, and Raman spectroscopy to describe gypsum endolithic communities in 2 sites-southern Poland and northern Israel. The obtained results have shown that despite different geographical areas, climatic conditions, and also physical features of colonized gypsum outcrops, both of these sites have remarkably similar microbial and pigment compositions. Cyanobacteria dominate both of the gypsum habitats, followed by Chloroflexi and Pseudomonadota. Among cyanobacteria, Thermosynechococcaceae were more abundant in Israel while Chroococcidiopsidaceae in Poland. Interestingly, no Gloeobacteraceae sequences have been found in Poland, only in Israel. Some of the obtained 16S rRNA gene sequences of cyanobacteria matched previously detected sequences from endolithic communities in various substrates and geographical regions, supporting the hypothesis of global metacommunity, but more data are still needed. Using Raman spectroscopy, cyanobacterial UV-screening pigments-scytonemin and gloeocapsin have been detected alongside carotenoids, chlorophyll a and melanin. These pigments can serve as potential biomarkers for basic taxonomic identification of cyanobacteria. Overall, this study provides more insight into the diversity of cyanobacterial endolithic colonisations in gypsum across different areas.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"37"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development of a defined medium for the heterotrophic cultivation of Metallosphaera sedula. 为沉积金属藻的异养培养开发限定培养基。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01348-0

Viktor Laurin Sedlmayr, Maximilian Luger, Ernst Pittenauer, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, Laura Kronlachner, Andreas Limbeck, Philipp Raunjak, Julian Quehenberger, Oliver Spadiut

{"title":"Development of a defined medium for the heterotrophic cultivation of Metallosphaera sedula.","authors":"Viktor Laurin Sedlmayr, Maximilian Luger, Ernst Pittenauer, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, Laura Kronlachner, Andreas Limbeck, Philipp Raunjak, Julian Quehenberger, Oliver Spadiut","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01348-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01348-0","url":null,"abstract":"The heterotrophic cultivation of extremophilic archaea still heavily relies on complex media. However, complex media are associated with unknown composition, high batch-to-batch variability, potential inhibiting and interfering components, as well as regulatory challenges, hampering advancements of extremophilic archaea in genetic engineering and bioprocessing. For Metallosphaera sedula, a widely studied organism for biomining and bioremediation and a potential production host for archaeal ether lipids, efforts to find defined cultivation conditions have still been unsuccessful. This study describes the development of a novel chemically defined growth medium for M. sedula. Initial experiments with commonly used complex casein-derived media sources deciphered Casamino Acids as the most suitable foundation for further development. The imitation of the amino acid composition of Casamino Acids in basal Brock medium delivered the first chemically defined medium. We could further simplify the medium to 5 amino acids based on the respective specific substrate uptake rates. This first defined cultivation medium for M. sedula allows advanced genetic engineering and more controlled bioprocess development approaches for this highly interesting archaeon.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"36"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11282131/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141765897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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RNase R vs. PNPase: selecting the best-suited exoribonuclease for environmental adaptation. RNase R 与 PNPase：选择最适合环境适应的外切核酸酶。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01350-6

Theetha L Pavankumar

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Effects of temperature, chloride and perchlorate salt concentration on the metabolic activity of Deinococcus radiodurans. 温度、氯化物和高氯酸盐浓度对放射球菌代谢活动的影响。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01351-5

Eftychia Symeonidou, Uffe Gråe Jørgensen, Morten Bo Madsen, Anders Priemé

{"title":"Effects of temperature, chloride and perchlorate salt concentration on the metabolic activity of Deinococcus radiodurans.","authors":"Eftychia Symeonidou, Uffe Gråe Jørgensen, Morten Bo Madsen, Anders Priemé","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01351-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01351-5","url":null,"abstract":"The extremophile bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans is characterized by its ability to survive and sustain its activity at high levels of radiation and is considered an organism that might survive in extraterrestrial environments. In the present work, we studied the combined effects of temperature and chlorine-containing salts, with focus on perchlorate salts which have been detected at high concentrations in Martian regolith, on D. radiodurans activity (CO2 production rates) and viability after incubation in liquid cultures for up to 30 days. Reduced CO2 production capacity and viability was observed at high perchlorate concentrations (up to 10% w/v) during incubation at 0 or 25 °C. Both the metabolic activity and viability were reduced as the perchlorate and chloride salt concentration increased and temperature decreased, and an interactive effect of temperature and salt concentration on the metabolic activity was found. These results indicate the ability of D. radiodurans to remain metabolically active and survive in low temperature environments rich in perchlorate.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11266278/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Characterization of carotenoids extracted from Haloferax larsenii NCIM 5678 isolated from Pachpadra salt lake, Rajasthan. 从拉贾斯坦邦 Pachpadra 盐湖分离的 Haloferax larsenii NCIM 5678 中提取的类胡萝卜素的特征。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01353-3

Pardeep Sheokand, Santosh Kumar Tiwari

{"title":"Characterization of carotenoids extracted from Haloferax larsenii NCIM 5678 isolated from Pachpadra salt lake, Rajasthan.","authors":"Pardeep Sheokand, Santosh Kumar Tiwari","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01353-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01353-3","url":null,"abstract":"Carotenoids are a diverse group of pigments known for their broad range of biological functions and applications. This study delves into multifaceted potential of carotenoids extracted from Haloferax larsenii NCIM 5678 previously isolated from Pachpadra Salt Lake in Rajasthan, India. H. larsenii NCIM 5678 was able to grow up to OD600 1.77 ± 0.03 with carotenoid concentration, 3.3 ± 0.03 µg/ml. The spectrophotometric analysis of carotenoid extract indicated the presence of three-fingered peak (460, 490 and 520 nm) which is a characteristic feature of bacterioruberin and its derivatives. The bacterioruberin was purified using silica gel column chromatography and thin layer chromatography. The carotenoid extract showed 12.3 ± 0.09 mm zone of growth inhibition with a minimum inhibitory concentration 546 ng/ml against indicator strain, H. larsenii HA4. The percentage antioxidant activity of carotenoid was found to be 84% which was higher as compared to commercially available ascorbic acid (56.74%). Thus, carotenoid extract from H. larsenii NCIM 5678 possesses unique attributes with compelling evidence of antimicrobial and antioxidant potential for the development of novel pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141733917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bioenergetic characterization of hyperthermophilic archaean Methanocaldococcus sp. FS406-22. 超嗜热古菌 Methanocaldococcus sp. FS406-22 的生物能特征。

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Extremophiles Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-024-01349-z

Addien C Wray, Autum R Downey, Andrea A Nodal, Katherine K Park, Drew Gorman-Lewis

{"title":"Bioenergetic characterization of hyperthermophilic archaean Methanocaldococcus sp. FS406-22.","authors":"Addien C Wray, Autum R Downey, Andrea A Nodal, Katherine K Park, Drew Gorman-Lewis","doi":"10.1007/s00792-024-01349-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00792-024-01349-z","url":null,"abstract":"Hyperthermophilic archaean Methanocaldococcus sp. FS406-22 (hereafter FS406) is a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. To better understand the energetic requirements of hydrogen oxidation under extreme conditions, the thermodynamic characterization of FS406 incubations is necessary and notably underexplored. In this work, we quantified the bioenergetics of FS406 incubations at a range of temperatures (65, 76, and 85 ℃) and hydrogen concentrations (1.1, 1.4, and 2.1 mm). The biomass yields (C-mol of biomass per mol of H2 consumed) ranged from 0.02 to 0.19. Growth rates ranged from 0.4 to 1.5 h-1. Gibbs energies of incubation based on macrochemical equations of cell growth ranged from <math><mrow><mo>-</mo> <mn>198</mn></mrow> </math> kJ/C-mol to <math><mrow><mo>-</mo> <mn>1840</mn></mrow> </math> kJ/C-mol. Enthalpies of incubation determined from calorimetric measurements ranged from <math><mrow><mo>-</mo> <mn>4150</mn></mrow> </math> kJ/C-mol to <math><mrow><mo>-</mo> <mn>36333</mn></mrow> </math> kJ/C-mol. FS406 growth rates were most comparable to hyperthermophilic methanogen Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. Maintenance energy calculations from the thermodynamic parameters of FS406 and previously determined heterotrophic methanogen data revealed that temperature is a primary determinant rather than an electron donor. This work provides new insights into the thermodynamic underpinnings of a hyperthermophilic hydrothermal vent methanogen and helps to better constrain the energetic requirements of life in extreme environments.","PeriodicalId":12302,"journal":{"name":"Extremophiles","volume":"28 3","pages":"32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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